Fastening for handles of suit-cases, &amp;c.



No. 882,601. PATENTED MAR. 24, 1908.

P. H. WHITE.

FASTENING FOR HANDLES 0P SUIT CASES, 61:0. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 16, 1907.

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FRANK H. WHITE, 0 l" IllI.l',.\l)lDLPllI;\, PENNSYLVANIA.

FASTENING FOR HANDLES OF SUIT-CASES, 860.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 24, 1908.

Application filed November 16, 1907. Serial No. 402,424.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK H. Wurrn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fastenings for I-Iandles of Suit-Cases, &c., of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention has for its object to provide a means for attaching the handle to the body of a suit case or similar article, whereby the rupture of the connection between the handle and the case body will be avoided.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a plan view of a part of a handle and the fastener therefor. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of same attached to the case body. Fig. 3 is an end View of the same. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the fastener. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section, similar to Fig. 2, showing a modification. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the modified fastener.

a designates the top of the case. The handle shown is of a common form comprising a central or gripping portion b, part only of which is shown, a flat head 0, at each end of the handle, having a neck (Z bent upon itself to form a loop, and a ring 6 engaging the loop and also an orifice f in the end of the gripping portion of the handle. In practice, this looped neck is secured to the suit case body in different ways, as, for example, by means of the fastener forming the subject of the patent issued to me November 1st, 1904, No. 773,835; but the fastening contrivancc also requires that the overlapping parts of the looped neck should be secured together, which is usually effected by means of rivets. There is always danger, however, of the rivets pulling out under the strain imposed upon them by the handle, in which event it will be understood that the connection be tween the gripping portion of the handle, with its attached ring, and the end portion of the handle, will be ruptured, putting the case out of service.

In my invention, while I retain the metal fastener set forth in my said patent, I modify the same so that it will serve both as a means for securing the handle to the case body and as a means to prevent the ring pulling out.

9 is the top plate of the metal fastener and h h the side flanges. The latter extend through the case body and also through slots in a metal washer t on the under side of the case body, and the projecting ends are bent in toward each other and against the face of the metallic washer. The top plate {1 of the fastener is shown as provided with an orifice through which projects the central part of a leather sheet lit whose edges are confined beneath the edges of the top portion, as is more fully described in said patent.

Integral with the top plate 9 of the fastener is a wing or, which projects forwardly and thence downwardly and backwardly to form a loop lying outside the loop of the leather neck and, like the latter, extending through the ring 0. The end of the wing or loop m is provided with downwardly projecting teeth n which are forced into the case body.

In the foregoing construction, it is impossible to disrupt the connection between the ring and the leather loop without withdrawing the teeth '21 from the case body and then pulling out straight the lower arm of the metal loop. This cannot be done in normal use, as the strain upon the teeth is virtually at right angles to the direction of their extension and the metal loop is a rigid body.

In the modification, shown in Figs. 5 and 6, the metal loop, marked m, is formed separate from the fastener (]h and extends under the top plate g, and the under part of the loop is not provided with teeth, but instead a rivet 0 extends through the two parts of the loop m as well as through the looped neck d and is clenched to the loop m. There will be no tendency for the rivet to wear loose as where it engages the leather only.

Having now fully described my invention, when I claim and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

1. In a suit case, the combination with the handle comprising a gripping portion, a leather end portion and a ring, of a metallic piece bent with the leather end portion to form loops one within the other, said ring extending through said loops and also engaging the gripping portion, and means to secure the end portion to the case body.

2. In a suit case, the combination with the handle comprising a gripping portion, a leather end portion provided with a loop, and a ring engaging the end of the gripping portion and the adjacent loop, of a metallic loop exterior to and bent with the leather loop and through which also the ring extends, and

means to secure the end portion to the case body.

3. In a suit case, the combination with the handle comprising a gripping portion, a leather end portion provided with a loop, and a ring engaging the end of the gripping portion and the adjacent loop, of a metallic loop extending outside the leather loop and through which also the ring extends, and having, at the end of its lower turn, teeth adapted to engage the case body, and additional means to secure the end portion to the case body.

4. In a suit case, the combination with the gripping portion of the handle, of a leather end portion having a neck, a metallic loop the ends of which extend respectively above and below the neck, a ring extending through one end of the gripping portion and the adj acent metallic loop, and means to secure the end portion to the case body.

5. In a suit case, the combination with the handle comprising a gripping portion, a leather end portion provided with a loop, and a ring, engaging the end of the gripping portion and the adjacent loop, of a fastener comprising a top plate, overlying the end portion of the handle, and side flanges adapted to extend through the case body, and a metallic loop bent similarly to the leather loop and through which also said ring ex tends.

6. In a suit case, the combination with the gripping portion of the handle, of a leather end portion having a neck, a metallic loop bent around the neck and having a part overlying and a part underlying the neck, a ring extending through one end of the gripping portion and the adjacent metallic loop, and a fastener having a plate overlying the neck and side flanges adapted to extend through the case body.

7. In a suit case, the combination with the handle comprising a gripping portion, a leather end portion provided with a loop, and

a ring, engaging the end of the gripping portion and the adjacent loop, of a fastener comprising a top plate, overlying the end portion of the handle, and side flanges adapted to extend through the case body, and a loop, integral with the fastener, extending outside the leather loop and provided at its extremity with teeth adapted to be forced into the case body. I

8. A fastener for suit case handles comprising a top plate, side flanges, and a wing extending forwardly, downwardly and backwardly to form a loop adapted to receive the ring on thegripping portion of the handle.

9. A fastener for suit case handles comprising a top plate, side flanges, and a wing integral with the handle and extending forwardly, downwardly and backwardly and provided at its end with teeth adapted to engage the case body.

In testimony of which invention, I have hereunto set my hand, at Philadelphia, on this 29th day of October, 1907.

FRANK Ir-I. WHITE.

Witnesses:

M. M. HAMILTON, A. M. URIAN. 

